How to Murder Your Wife
Seen it?1965 | 118 min | Comedy
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a lukewarm 6.3 out of 10 from audiences and soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who wants a laugh.
- The mood
- Darkly funny.
- The pace
- Breezy, at 1 hr 58 min.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1965: an older pace and style.
Stanley Ford is a successful cartoonist and happily single. That is, until he gets drunk at a friend's bachelor party and impulsively proposes to the beautiful woman who pops out of the cake. Once sober, he regrets the decision, but she won't agree to a divorce. Stanley jokingly vents his frustrations in his comic strip by having the main character kill his wife. But when his actual wife goes missing and Stanley is arrested for her murder, he has a change of heart.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsSolid
64% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesBelow par
6.3 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$12 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 57K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Richard Quine
- Jack LemmonStanley Ford
- Virna LisiMrs. Ford
- Terry-ThomasCharles
- Eddie MayehoffHarold Lampson
- Claire TrevorEdna
- Sidney BlackmerJudge Blackstone
- Max ShowalterTobey Rawlins
- Jack AlbertsonDr. Bentley
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- Alan HewittDistrict Attorney